I Tested Montana's New OC Law Today.

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I left the house this afternoon to pick up my wife from work, carrying concealed under my denim ...

I tested Montana's New OC Law Today.

It wasn't much of a test, really.

I left the house this afternoon to pick up my wife from work, carrying concealed under my denim vest. By the time I got to her office, it was a lot warmer than I had first thought, so I shed the vest and went OC.

On the way home, we stopped at Wendy's for carry-out. When we entered, there were 4 or 5 occupied tables, a few people glanced my way, but nobody registered any obvious alarm. We got in line, and a tourist couple (they're so easy to spot) with 2 kids got in line behind us. The man & woman glanced at me with a bit of apprehension, but neither said anything. The kids didn't notice, no "Daddy, he's got a gun!"

After we placed our order, we stepped aside to allow the tourists to get to the counter, that's when the woman flashed me a nervous little smile, but she still didn't say anything. I could tell she was trying really, really hard not to look at my holstered Commander. I returned her smile and moved over to wait for our order, which came quickly, and then we left. End of story.

Pretty anti-climatic, all in all.

The Wendy's staff were too busy to notice a man with a gun. Well, maybe our order taker noticed, she rang up my senior discount without my having to ask for it.

In my experience, those who notice don't care or are too afraid to ask why I have a gun on me. I have open carried in many fast food establishments and only had one comment, which a female customer thought my Glock 17 was a taser. Her eyes grew wide when I told her it was a handgun and not a taser, but she did not panic. There was another time I open carried at Taco Bell and saw some young thuggish looking kids sitting in a booth throwing food around and being loud. One of them pointed in my direction, and said something to his buddies. They got up and left in a hurry.

I still carry concealed most of the time though just because I am used to it.

Turn the election's in 2014 to a "2A Revolution". It will serve as a 1994 refresher not to "infringe" on our Second Amendment. We know who they are now.........SEND 'EM HOME. Our success in this will be proportional to how hard we work to make it happen.

I live in PA...Lehigh County to be exact. I used to always CC but now with the warmer weather I have been OC almost everyday and everywhere. No really makes a big deal about it. I get the occassional glance at my weapon but other then that, its been pretty uneventful.